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Patented Got. 80, 1883i WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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HENRY x. sEiANcx, 0E DAYtroN,'oHio, AssiGNoE oE-oN/E-EOUETH4 To JAMEs A. sNELL,

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sPEcrFrcArroNvferming pere of Lettere Patent No. 287,732, eieteei` oeteber so, 1883.` Application filed March 31, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that 1, HENRY K. SHANoK, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Tricycles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

wheel and a part of the platform cut away.-

Fi'g. 2 is a section on line x x of Fig. .1. Fig. 3 1s a plan'view of the platform and brake, and Fig. 4 is a section of the cord-winding pulleys.

A indicates a pair of flanged wheels, suitable for use on a railway-track, B, which are secured to an axle, C. On the axle is supported a frame, D, consisting of the forward and downward projecting bars E, and the rearward and downward projecting4 bars F, and the platform G, secured to the lower ends of said bars. form G is secured a bearing for the axle of the small front wheel, H. If desired, two front wheels may be employed, both mounted on the same shaft.

In the rearward-projecting bars F is journaled a shaft, I, to which are connected the pedal-levers J, which are Aattached to the straps K, adapted to be wound on the springactuated drums L, which are connected to the axle by means of ratchets, in the usual manner. Each drum L is formed of a series of pulleys, M, of different'diameters, which are provided with a slot, N, for the strap K and a recess or chamber, vO, communicating with the slot, for accommodating a ball or button, P, to

` which the end of the strap is secured. `-A

threaded pin, Q, is screwed into the ball asa means of moving the ball and strap alongv in To the forwardV end of the; platthe recess and slot, respectively, when it is desired to adjust the strap from one pulley to another to vary the leverage on the axle.

The upper part of the frame `D consists of a crossrod, It, h`aving a central vertical perforation which registers with a perforation in a bent or curved bar, S, which is boltedto the `under side of the rod R. In the said perforations is placed the pintle 'I of the seat U, which is supported on acoil-spring, V,\rest ing on the bar S, and compressed by an adjustable collar, W, on the pintle. At the sides of the frame D are hand-rests A.

The brake B consists of the cross-rod C', supported in bearings at the forward part of the platform, and provided with shoes D and a foot-lever, E. prop, F', resting on the platform, which serves to hold the shoes near the wheels.

What I claim is.- Y

1. A railway-tricycle having the frame D, projecting downward to the front and rear, and supported on flanged wheels A, and in combination therewith a front wheel, H, arranged in line with one of the wheels A, and connected to the frame D by means of a platform, substantially as shown "and described.

2. The combination of the seat having a pintle, T, provided with an adjustable collar, a coil-spring, V, arranged around the pintle, and the supporting-frame having the bar S, substantially as shown and described.

3. rlhe combination, with the pedal-levers and straps connected thereto, of the series of pulleys having slots and recesses for the straps, and balls connected to the straps, and means for adjusting the straps and balls, to place the straps in any desired pulley, substantially as shown anddescribed.

HENRY K. SHANCK.

\ Witnesses:

E. E. EwINc, THoMAsO. LOWE.

The rod lis provided with a It is herebyv certified that Letters Patent No. 287,732, granted October 30, 1883, upon the application of Henry K. Shanek. of Dayton, Ohio, for m1 improvement in Rail- Way-Trieyeles, was erroneously issued to Henry K. Shanok and James A. Snell,77 assignee ofone-fourth interest in the sind invention; that seid Letters Patent should have been issued to the said Henry K. S/Lcmelc as owner of the entire interest; and that the proper correction has been made in the les and records pertaining to the ease in the Patent Oiee, und should be rend in the patent to make it conform thereto.

Signed, eountersigned7 and sealed this 27th day of November7 A. D. 1883.

[SEAL] M. L. JOSLYN,

Acting Secretary ofthe Interior. Countersi gned BEM. BUTTERWORTH,

Commissioner of Patents. 

